Following training, the crew continued an eventful patrol with operations that ranged from detaining an individual with multiple warrants, identified during routine fisheries boarding, to stopping a high speed vessel loaded with 7.4 million dollars worth of marijuana to rescuing 127 Haitians from an overloaded sail freighter.

Tahoma is one of thirteen 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter commissioned. The vessel and crew execute maritime law enforcement, homeland security, and search and rescue missions in support of Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere.